Return-Path: Received: from tomcat.al.noaa.gov ([140.172.240.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c1) with ESMTP id 743176 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:18:04 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=140.172.240.2; envelope-from=bdube@al.noaa.gov Received: from PILEUS.al.noaa.gov (pileus.al.noaa.gov [140.172.241.195]) by tomcat.al.noaa.gov (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id j1HIHIsX026431 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:17:18 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.0.20050217111335.033f0988@mailsrvr.al.noaa.gov> X-Sender: bdube@mailsrvr.al.noaa.gov X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:17:03 -0700 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" From: Bill Dube Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Battery, Bluemountain and Beyond the Border In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 06:09 PM 2/16/2005 -0500, you wrote: >About 20 hrs ago one of my lead acid batterys went dead. That was the 3rd >one in 2.5 years. I was using them because I could fit 2 of them in the >stock van's battery box. > >I decided to get rid of the lead acid and go with the oddessy 680. The Hawker Odyssey is a lead-acid battery. It is a sealed, absorbed glass mat, valve regulated, lead-acid battery. > That was a very good choice, but I could only fit one in the battery box > so I have been using just the one for the last 20 hrs. It turns over the > engine faster that both of the lead acid batterys together. > >Reading that report reminded me that I mean to put a second battery back >in, so I have ordered a second 680. It just occured to me that it dosent >need to be in a battery box at all! And I can mount it in any position. It is best to mount them right side up. They occasionally dribble a little acid when mounted on there sides. They nearly always leak when mounted upside down.